Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-28

The next afternoon was going down
To Staten Island 10 a reception, and as
had bat two or three DAYS in town. and
was extremely busy, and knew that il
would be SO far Town town unless went
on purpose, l toe a carriage to the ferry,
and on the way down stopped at the
Adams Express company.
| stated to the first man, who stood
near the doorway and who seemed 10 be-
long to the place. that had come to find
missing bundle, and asked of whom
should inquire. He waived me aside with
quite magnificent gesture and said:
YOU'D better ask one of the clerks"
felt crushed. but tried not to look so,
and | went still deeper into the gloom and
dust. seeing i'll the far distance two west
ern windows that seemed to catch some
dim radiance from some source far above
l went on, and presently young man
met me. who appeared to look astonished,
hut he was very polite. said, Il came
to inquire about a missing bundle" and
began my story. He said in the middle
of my first sentence:
"Will you kindly come this way to the
Offices
So followed him.
When first entered the doors couldn't
See man, but suddenly they seemed to
grow up everywhere. Every huge box
seemed To have head behind it, and they
all had eyes. and they We're all looking at
me. l felt very awkward and out Of place,
and for the time being l wish never had
been born.
At last we reached small glass inclosed
space, when my guide opened a pew kind
of door, and said, "A lady about a lost
bundle and found myself standing be-
4 fore man that terrified me so-and am
not a timid woman-that l haven't an
| idea what he looked like, except that he
seemed inoffensive in every way. He
offered me a chair, and | sat down and
/ tried to make myself believe that this
man was not really the whole Adams EX-
press company; for this was the reason he
seemed so terrifying. After a while l
WIS able to tell him pretty clearly about
my lost bundle.
/ accurately described its appearance
and size, and all l knew about it, and
also all | did not know about its contents
He listened very politely. and then he gave
me blow that seemed to he entirely out
Of rule He said:
Have You inquired for it at the Office
of the Hotel Brunswick
MOO" l said doubtfully, ''but sup
pose Mr.. Haven did"
"Ah, yes' he said. ''Well, have you
been 10 the Twenty-third street office, 1t
would naturally have gone there"
No." said, Il haven't inquired any
where but here. Mr.. Haven told me to
come here"
''Wellr'
''He didn't say much more; neither did
!. He took my name and address, and
then he opened the door for me- and said
he would do all in his power to have the
bundle found, and that should hear from
him. And rs walked out it didn't seem
to me that had done much about finding
my bundle by inquring at headquarters
The next day l went to the Hotel |
Brunswick, and clerk came up into the |
parlor and saw me.
BY that time was rather tired Of telling
my story, and so went over it as rapidly rs
possible. The clerk listened as politely as
the august representative of the express |
company had done, and when had finished |
he assured me that the matter should at |
once be attended to. and that the bundle |
would certainly be found ''in the near |
future was very much impressed by |
that phrase, as he probably meant should |
be. He said:
1T stands 10 reason that it must be |
found. We never send away bundle |
without taking a receipt
So saying he politely ended, and i got |
myself out on the sidewalk, and felt at |
first pretty sure Of my bundle but on
second thought felt somewhat doubtful. !
They all assured me it would be found, |
and yet-weQ, l began to feel very doubt
full.
The next day I went home. l waited
NJ N M tn
sister. But when did receive a letter
from her it was not an answer to mine,
which had evid.ntly not reached her, As
she only spoke Of the receipt of letter Of
a date some tive weeks previous.
To make a lol & story short, l may say |
that never got an answer to my letter to |
my sister. She was travelling about, and
her letters We're short, and only full of
daily experiences. But il seemed exceed
ngly strange to me that she made no al
fusion at all to the letter about the bun
die. In each Of my letters to her spoke
of my letter and asked her to tell me
about it; what was in it, was she sure of
her address, etc.
Finally. feeling sure that that particu-
lar and most important letter had been
lost, wrote duplicate of it, as nearly as
could. and sent it Off In the meantime
| had received two letters: one from the
Adams Express comnany in which they
said that they conld t;ni no trace of the
lost bundle, and also that no receipt could
be f.und for IL other in their hooks or in
~. H., RrrrSurict
I reca;ved also a Ia,,er from tho Uo.el
Rrnpsrict
II was of the same tenor. tbey had no
record. they regret,ed eytremaly tho los.
and annovance IN me and tn Mr. Haven
They stated exnlic;tlv that no susnic;op
couId be attached In the clerk who had
left them. and regretted that they were
unable ~ Give me b;s address
The bundle was no longer 'hissli'e.
II was---
lfeit resigned. lconso.eo m!sen- even